The file size of the download is Not too bad. I have no use for this software whatsoever, but I provide technical support on a regular basis to persons who receive transcripts in the. PTX format who require this software to view it.
Thanks for stopping by. You are incorrect. As of October 9, , the download file is A program that merely reads a proprietary file format should be a mere fraction of that size and install in a matter of seconds. To compare this program to Adobe Acrobat when this program has such limited functionality comparatively does a grave disservice to Adobe Acrobat. Guest, your comment was added two-years after mine, so maybe things changed two-years later, but what I wrote was true at the time I wrote it.
Big difference. How to Open a. First, what is a. PTX file? How To Open. Download E-Transcript Viewer. Locate the File You Downloaded. Install E-Transcript Viewer. Tell me by typing a comment below. John S. Allen on Jan 13, at pm. The viewer takes way too long to install, considering what it does. June on Jan 14, at am. Make sure you're comfortable using the command line. Some of the commands will take a while to run, so it's best to try and multitask while this is going on.
First, install XCode from the App Store. Next, you'll need the Macports package installation manager, available here. Choose the version that corresponds to your operating system, and install the package. When it's finished, run the following command to update Macports to the latest release warning: this step can take a while, because it has to compile a bunch of code :.
This will take a few minutes for the files to download, compile, and install. After that, we'll have to install a couple of extensions for wine: 1 Mono, an open source version of the. During this process, you're going to have some Windows windows pop up, as you would when installing software on a Windows machine.
Make the appropriate selections the default, preferably to install the software. Then, download and install the e-Transcript Viewer app, available here. Download the file, then type the following commands into your Terminal: as follows:. Pro tip: when you're typing a file name into the Terminal, you can hit the tab key to auto-complete the name.
Once you run this program, you'll get a popup telling you to install a couple of prerequisites. Click 'Install'. Check the default values for installation of the E-Transcript Viewer, and complete the installation. Finally, we'll need to create a shortcut to the installed E-Transcript Viewer application, which is hidden. Open the TextEdit application, and click New Document. Copy and paste the following lines into the document:.
Finally, go back to the Terminal window and enter the following commands so that the script we just created can be executed:. Now, you should be able to double-click the 'E-Transcript Viewer. Here's the result:. If you get stuck at any point in the process, please let me know in the comments and I'll try to help.
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